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So, the girls are getting a bit too big for their outing-box now...they're also a bit smarter and less likely to take off at full pelt across the yard. So yesterday we took them out in small groups and let them scratch around in the front garden.

( I took about a million photos. )

MY BED IS FULL OF BABY SPIDERS AGAIN

FUCK

Hey guys, just FYI, Redbubble is doing free shipping today and tomorrow if you enter the coupon code STARSPANGLED. Incidentally, my Redbubble shop is full of super cute stuff.


P.S. I am also trying this whole tumblr business again. Somebody please help oAo

and/or share your tumblr URLs so I can follow you. I am redcockatrice

1. I have a phone interview in an hour to discuss potential teller position at a bank! YAY. ALSO AMKFMKDSF KFMDSK

2. I have Google Analytics running for my Redbubble site now. I'm not sure yet what to actually DO with the information...the bounce rate is pretty high, but I suspect that's kind of typical for Redbubble? IDK about other people, but when I'm on Redbubble it's because I'm looking for something specific to a fandom/character, and I'm probably not going to look at the person's other stuff because Redbubble stuff is just too expensive for me to be ordering more than what I came for -A-

But it is interesting looking at the stats...a whole lot of people using Apple mobile devices. Also, one person visited my page using the browser on the Wii. Also, larger numbers of international views than I would have expected. Which is maybe something to investigate further, since apparently Japanese visitors average five pages per visit, which is way higher than all the others.

(sharing for the music, but the video is also nice)




(song is Arrival of the Birds by the Cinematic Orchestra)

1. I ended up working 1-6 today when I was supposed to only work 2-5. Found out when I came in that she wanted me in early because her boss was coming in for ROR and she didn't want her favorite fucking lady M there because M doesn't work for shit, comes in high, and is probably stealing money from the registers, but manager can't fire her because they're BFFs now (this lady's been BFFs with every manager we've had inth past month - yes, month, we've had THREE MANAGERS IN A MONTH, STOP THIS RIDE I WANNA GET OFF BEFORE I GET FIRED FOR 'STEALING') but she also knows if the boss sees her he's gonna fire her...so I got called in early to cover the last hour of her shift so I'd be there instead because I actually, you know, do my work and shit.

2. Apparently I sometimes actually get emails that mean things? Dominos has been sending me emails about My Coke Rewards Points and I decided to actually look at it and I've accumulated, like, 30 points, 10 each time I've ordered in the past couple weeks. So I went ahead and got an account and spent some of them on sweepstakes for cool things because all the other cheap prizes look like shit and/or are not applicable to my life. But it's pretty cool actually because you can buy Shutterfly stuff with the points, which is great, because I love using those for gifts, and nothing says gift for mom like 'I didn't even have to spend any money on it' 6 u 9 also, the prize that costs the most points? A copy of fucking Norton AntiVirus. LOL. But there's a gourmet mixing bowl set (that's cheaper than that) that looks pretty cool too. Like, really, it doesn't take a lot of points to get this crap, we as a family get three+ boxes of coke-brand product every five days or so, and those are 10 points for regular and 20 points for diet. That's only about...70 shopping trips before I can get a Norton Antivirus for free 6 u 9 orrrr something cooler like a fleece photo blanket from Shutterfly.

I had several Real Srs Blog Posts that I was considering doing, but one would be better saved I think until I'm finally done with this job (ugh I want to be done with this job) and the other just...wore me out. So instead I will just do the lazy thing:

This blog and this essay are suggested reading for pretty much everyone. The second link is not working right now, which is pissing me the fuck off, but you can see the google cache of the page here. And if that's not working then this work seems to cover a lot of the same salient points and maybe uses more accessible language as well, although it has a stronger focus on the present than on the origin of the concept of race and whiteness.

Basically, I just urge you all to keep chipping away at the lies told to you about history and humanity by our imperialist society. People of the 'dark ages' past were not more ignorant and racist than we are today; to the contrary, the concepts of race and racism are truly inventions that occurred after the colonization of the Americas, cultivated as weapons.

It is historically inaccurate to depict the Europe of ages past as 100% white. It is a fantasy non-history constructed by our current society.


P.S. For those of you who, like me, are really into the Virgin Mary, this post might be a nice place to jump into that blog: Retroactive Erasure: The Black Madonnas of Europe

Chicken updates so far:

The two light ones are indeed Cochin chickens. We've decided to keep them anyways (even though they are not the best layers).

Mom has named hers (the Barred Rock) Puck. Also, it is very lonely (keeps wandering around the edges and chirping loudly, staring at itself in the reflective metal surface and then pecking, etc.) so we're going to get another Barred Rock tomorrow to be her friend. Paige wants to name the sixth chicken Titania.

And, of course, the temperatures went way down tonight and suddenly after a whole week of hot-as-balls nights, it went from warm during the day to cold at night. So we can't find the right position for the light. Today they were all crowding away from it at the opposite end of the cage, so we fixed it until they were running around like normal. Then tonight we got back from dinner adn they were all huddled right near the light in a pile. (Paige: awwww, they're snuggling! Me: fuck.) So right now they're alright again but I'm afraid we'll wake up tomorrow and they'll be frozen/overheated to death.

Also, in terms of ages: Derek's EE seems to be a day or so younger than the others - is a bit smaller and rounder and puffier, sleeps more, shoves her way under the others when she's scared/cold. The two Cochins seem to be a day older than the rest - more feathered, more mobile, bolder. The difference between them is really clear now that they've settled in, Leyla is a bit of a bully and will sometimes peck at the others - but Puck will stop her and peck her right back if she starts trouble. Lady Macbeth has her head in the foodbowl pretty much all the time, and is really clumsy and/or keeps trying to dust herself in the food dish, I'm not sure which. Possibly both. It's pretty quick to tell them apart because as soon as they try to do something, you know Leyla will probably succeed (she can flap her way full across the cage) whereas Lady will...not (I've seen her get on top of the foodbowl once.)

Alright. I just submitted job applications to...five or six different banks? in the area. I am legitimately excite about this :D BE BANK TELLER? SERVE CUSTOMER. COUNT MONEY? :D :D :D CAN DO JOB. BE GOOD AT JOB. FRIENDLY LIZARD.



GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE LIZARD.